The controller market is in a great place right now. There are so many brilliant gamepads worth buying out there and, arguably, Xbox is the one to thank for that. Microsoft pioneered the pro controller craze with its Elite pads, and licensing deals for third-party products exist thanks to that.
Ruling the roost since 2019 has been the Elite Series 2, the perfect controller for many people. It took a long time for the rest of the market to catch up to this gamepad, which features four back paddles, swappable thumbsticks, and a lot of great software integration with Xbox machines. Particularly among the best Xbox Series X controllers, it went without a rival for a long time.
